Yadu’lláh Pústchí
Yadu’lláh Pústchí (1919 - June 24, 1981) was a Persian Bahá’í who was martyred in Iran.
Biography[edit]
Pústchí was born into a Bahá’í family in Shiraz in 1919 and completed elementary school there. He moved to Tehran to pursue higher education and completed a college degree. After graduating he worked for the Department of Industrial Sugar Refining. In 1956 Pústchí pioneered to Austria with his family then returned to Iran nine months later.[1]
As of 1980 Pústchí was serving as the manager of the Bahá’í National Office in Tehran. He was arrested in his home in February that year and imprisoned in Evin prison. He was executed by firing squad on June 24, 1981, alongside three fellow Bahá’ís. They were buried in the Bahá’í cemetery of Tehran with many people attending their funerals.[1]
